Mike Wood, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, asked in a parliamentary question how much has been spent on hotels for No10 North staff, ministers and SpAds since it opened. Cabinet Office minister Sally Jameson says the government does not know because staff have been “surged from a number of departments”, the cost is “not centrally collated.” Heads in the sand…
Jameson insists the costs are “being met within existing departmental budgets.” James McMurdock asked for the bill for accommodation, staffing and running costs and was told that No10 North is “central to the Prime Minister’s commitment to get good growth in every postcode” and that the cost is “covered by existing departmental budgets.” Again – no figures…
The Treasury previously told the Tories it spent £776,123.43 on hotels in 2024-25 in response to a parliamentary question. Not that hard, is it…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”